UFC 263: Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori 2 June 10, 2020 by Marc Jerbs

On Saturday, Israel Adesanya will defend his UFC middleweight title against Marvin Vettori in the main card of UFC 263.

The bout will start 10:00PM EDT at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

This would be a rematch between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori.

Both met three years ago at the Octagon wherein Israel Adesanya won via split decision.

After the bout, Israel Adesanya rose into the ranking and is now the UFC middleweight champion.

Likewise, Marvin Vettori didn’t let his controversial lose to dampen his spirit as he slowly rose in the middleweight division in order to earn the right as the No. 3 challenger.

Israel Adesanya is coming off his first loss of his career after he climbed to the light heavyweight division to fight Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259.

He was outmatched and was manhandled in a unanimous decision loss.

It was decided for him to went down again at the middleweight division wherein he is at his best.

The sportsbook handicappers have installed Israel Adesanya as the favorite to win over Marvin Vettori in Saturday night's UFC 263.